Gyula Grosics (ˈɟulɒ ˈɡroʃitʃ; born 4 February 1926 in Dorog

Dorog

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) is a Hungarian

Hungary

Hungary , officially the Republic of Hungary , is a landlocked country in Central Europe. It is situated in the Carpathian Basin and is bordered by Slovakia to the north, Ukraine and Romania to the east, Serbia and Croatia to the south, Slovenia to the southwest and Austria to the west. The...

 former football

Football (soccer)

Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a sport played between two teams of eleven players with a spherical ball...

 goalkeeper who played 86 times for the Hungarian

Hungary national football team

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  national football team and was part of the legendary Golden Team of the 1950s. He was nicknamed the Black Panther .

He is credited with developing the "sweeper-keeper" style of play, whereby the goalkeeper can act as an extra defender when needed. He was a participant at three consecutive World Cups, 1954 FIFA World Cup

1954 FIFA World Cup

The 1954 FIFA World Cup, the fifth staging of the FIFA World Cup, was held in Switzerland from 16 June to 4 July. Switzerland was chosen as hosts in July 1946. The tournament set a number of all-time records for goal-scoring, including the highest average goals scored per game...

, 1958 FIFA World Cup

1958 FIFA World Cup

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 and 1962 FIFA World Cup

1962 FIFA World Cup

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, and was selected as the goalkeeper of the 1954 World Cup's All Star Team after winning the silver medal with his team. In his club career, he played for Hungarian clubs MATEOSZ, Budapest Honvéd FC

Budapest Honvéd FC

Budapest Honvéd FC |football]] team. "Honved" means the Homeland Defense. Originally formed as Kispest AC, they became Kispest FC in 1926 before reverting to their original name in 1944. The team enjoyed a golden age during the 1950s when it was renamed Budapest Honvéd SE and became the Hungarian...

 and Tatabányai Bányász

FC Tatabánya

FC Tatabánya is a Hungarian football club based in Tatabánya. They play their home games at Stadion Gyula Grosics.- History :The Tatabányai Sport Klub was founded on February 6, 1910 by Ferenc Frei, a mining engineer...

, where he retired in 1962.

In 2008 he was given the opportunity to play for his favourite club, Ferencvárosi Torna Club

Ferencvárosi Torna Club

Ferencvárosi TC or FTC , simply known as Ferencváros, nicknamed Fradi , is a sport club in Hungary, founded in 1899 by Ferenc Springer and a group of local residents of Budapest's ninth district, Ferencváros. Ferencváros is best known for winning the Inter-Cities Fairs Cup 1964-65 in 1965 by...

 46 years after the Communist regime refused to allow him to sign for them. The 82 year old Grosics performed the kick off for Ferencváros in a friendly match against Sheffield United and stood in goal for a few minutes before being substituted.